The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Character Discussion => Topic started by: Cancerian Tiger on February 29, 2008, 12:38:44 AM
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Well, I did not see a thread for Tria in here, so I'll start one :D.
Tria does not get much screen time, but she's definitely my fourth favorite LBT character. I was immediately drawn to her sweet temperament and compassionate personality. I've read in a couple of other posts regarding the Threehorn family that she does not seem to have been a good addition to LBT. I beg to differ. To start off, it's about time someone started getting Mr. Threehorn to tame his temper :yes. It just seems as though his character has softened since Tria came into the picture (no pun intended :lol). What really got me was how she and Cera finally managed to bond. I'm certain many of y'all know what it's like living in a broken family :(. While Cera most likely remembers her mother and misses her, Tria seems to have come in at a crucial time. Tria loves Cera enough that she was willing to put herself in harm's way (the sharpteeth in LBT 11) so that Cera would be saved. That's a sure way to earn trust :yes. And pretty soon, Cera and the Gang will need to hear about the birds and the bees. I can't fathom Mr. Threehorn giving his daughter that lecture :rolleyes:. Also, for Cera and Tricia to know she'll always be there for them is invaluable. Again, since Tria is but a minor character, that's about all I know about her aside from the fact that I really like her as a addition to the LBT series. I'll post more as I further learn her character.
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I like the character as well. It also makes sense that some adults would not remain single after loosing their first mate.
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I haven't given much thought to this character. I don't dislike her, but I don't like her either. I do question her decision to stay in the great valley though. Could it be that she just likes it there or is there another reason? There is no doubt that her presence is beneficial to everyone and is especially a good model for Cera. Until now, Cera hasn't had any female threehorns to be with and it's good for her to have a mother figure. Tria seems to be nice and fully willing to protect the children. I have nothing bad to say about her. She brings nothing but good to the valley. The only downside is she uses resources, but I'm sure it's well worth it to everyone to have her there. There is "plenty for all" after all.
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Tria made Topsy fall :lol:
I like her; she's really sweet and seems like a VERY good stepmom to Cera. Maybe she'll follow her dad and soften up some (she seems to in every movie, though)
The only problem I have with her is that she's pink O_o . Trica's okay pink, but not Tria.
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Pink does seem odd. Maybe they ran out of color ideas.
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Not like it was the first time they made an unusual choice of color (Chomper).
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True enough.
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Yeah, I don't like that color of pink at all. :x I think it should by MUCH softer. As for Chomper, I had no problem with his color (although it's impossible to match)
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While I cannot imagine the series taking this path (maybe there's a very remote outside chance the new director will consider it, but I don't think so) is for giving the children a VERY sanitized lesson in the birds and the bees. Hypothetically, Cera might ask Tria why she laid Tricia's egg after she met Cera's father and, and how he had something to do with making Tricia when Tria laid the egg (this assumes that Cera can figure out that there's a connection between the two events and that Tria didn't just randomly lay the egg.) Of course, we will mercifully NEVER hear Cera being told how her father and Tria... produced Tricia.
I also wonder why Tria only laid just one egg...
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Well, it seems possible to only lay one egg. I'll try to keep this no stronger than PG rated. I learned in Anatomy & Physiology that the female body will actually attack the male sex cells :wow. This is why successful pregnancy takes several attempts in many cases. Anyhoo, the male's cells are seen as a kind of virus to the female immune system, and so the white blood cells march into battle. I know this applies to human females, but who's to say this does not occur in females of other living things? To wrap up this bit of info, it seems as though Tria's pregnancy was a near-miss but miraculous at the same time.
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We're talking about a fictional female TRICERATOPS, not a female human, and the series showed that Cera was only one of several eggs to have hatched when she was born. In other words, Cera's mother had laid several eggs, but Tria only laid one... and both females were impregnated by the same male.
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and both females were impregnated by the same male.
Presumably. I guess it's easier to add 1 more character than 2 or 3.
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We're talking about a fictional female TRICERATOPS, not a female human
This is off-topic, but I thought I had made myself clear in my post that I am aware we're not talking about humans here :unsure:. In any event, this is what I believe could've POSSIBLY happened, and everyone is entitled to their opinions. I know very well what kind of species is being discussed here.
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That is entirely possible. Some may have other ideas. There could be many reasons to explain why.
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biologically, humans and animals are not that different. Unless of course you count an insect or something as an animal of course. :lol
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Did we all forget that Cera was part of a clutch of several eggs, not just one?
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If we are looking for a factual explanation I think landbeforetimelover gave it:
Presumably. I guess it's easier to add 1 more character than 2 or 3.
They didn't WANT any more than one new character. This, I think, is the only de facto reason. Anything else is our work to find excuses for the producers lack of care if it comes to coherence or logic in the recent LBT movies.
Of course, we will mercifully NEVER hear Cera being told how her father and Tria... produced Tricia.
I wonder if they are wondering about this at all. On the one hand I don't see how this "secret" could possibly be kept from the children in the Great Valley (no walls, no doors, no secluded rooms or anything to guarantee some degree of privacy to the grownups), but on the other hand the children are definitely unaware about the birds and bees. Littlefoot in LBT 10 doesn't even know he had a Dad and there is nothing to suggest that Petrie is aware of the fact that he must have one. The LBT dinosaurs definitely share human prudery about this topic as was demonstrated when in LBT 2 Littlefoot asked his grandparents about babies.
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uuuh noname, littlefoot was part of a clutch eggs to!
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They may know the mothers lay the eggs, but may not know the father's role in that, depending on their culture. It could be the adults do go off a little to have some relative alone time at certain points.
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Would that explain why Cera and Tricia are unsupervised by any adults in the episode "Days of rising water?" lol.
Edit: Also, in response to the "Littlefoot was part of a clutch of eggs", it is important to remember that he was the only one to survive, all of his siblings died when their eggshells were smashed. I've always wondered about that detail from the first movie...
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To make a long review short:
Tria isn't one of my favorite characters; But I gotta tell you guys, I think it's great to finally see someone ordering Topsy around. :lol
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I do find myself liking Tria, if only because she seems like the perfect match for Cera's Dad.
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I'm not sure of the 12-up movies, but in the tv series she's not around a lot so she's not over used and to me is an interesting character if used a bit here and there. Some characters can be used to much in some movies and tv series.
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I do find myself liking Tria, if only because she seems like the perfect match for Cera's Dad.
Well... Tria does complement Tops in many ways, if only because she is so much his opposite. She's far kinder than he is, is far less active (in two of the episodes in which she is featured, she is shown lying down much of the time), and is almost stereotypical in that she is a pink female character who is much weaker than the males of her species and needs protection by the much stronger Alpha male (this is still accurate in that bulls are stronger than cows...)
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Tria's strength level is likely like that of an average modern human, they don't do many, if anything strenuous. Threehorn is more like someone who grew up on a farm or ranch in the 1960's or before, who did have to do some strenuous things from time to time so has more strength then the average person & continues to do things like pushing around large fallen trees and the like, whereas Tria likely never did things like that. Cera who has had to help her dad will likely grow up to be pretty strong compared to Tria.
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Well... we don't know what Tria's earlier life was like... she arrived in the Great Valley around the time of movie 8 (Tops says so in movie 11)... either way, we do know that she is still not as strong as Tops... which is typical... I don't imagine that females are as strong as their male counterparts in most land-dwelling vertebrate species, especially mammals and most reptiles... Either way, Tria is still probably much, much stronger than an average human would be, but Tops is maybe twice as strong as THAT. Either way, I might be going off an a tangent...
Something tells me that Tria was designed as a significantly more feminine female dinosaur that the other females in the series. She is currently the only known female dinosaur of breeding age who lives with a mate (Littlefoot's mother, Petrie's mother, Ducky's mother, Ali's mother, that mother Sauropod from movie nine, and Tippy's mother are all shown to be single) and that she is weak (she is unsure of her ability to fight a much smaller raptor and from the look on her face in movie 11 it appears that she thinks she cannot win in a fight.) and needs his protection (Tops even says so). She also becomes a mother in just one film after meeting Tops (you can fill in the blanks yourself), and she is shown collecting gems, relaxing in the mud, resting a lot... you get the idea... and she's colored pink...
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You're right about Tria's history being unknown. If I recall correctly, Mr. Threehorn tells Cera in LBT XI that Tria "has nobody." If this is the case, she has no family and most likely wandered by herself. In regards to threehorns, I read somewhere a while back that there is growing evidence they lived as single families, not herds :huh:. This means that, if Tria was all by herself, she would've had to know how to get away from sharpteeth without risking defeat by standing up to a pack of them by herself. That would be stupid and suicidal :slap. It is also mentioned by Noname about her becoming a mother in the next film. Nobody knows exactly how long of a time period took place in between the storylines except for Universal itself. The ending of XI, with the treesweets having grown back, may imply that at least one cold time passed, which means that perhaps these two "dated" for at least a year. This would be ample time for dinosaurs to, well, ya know what I mean :rolleyes:. Lastly, in the case of her being less weak than Mr. Threehorn, it is natural for females to be weaker than males. However, building one's own strength can turn the tables. Mr. Threehorn seems to have been raised to be a fighter, and therefore is physically built for it. Tria, meanwhile, was most likely sheltered in her childhood. If she ever does kick the crap out of a sharptooth, it would most likely be due to her maternal instinct kicking in. Aside from that, she does seem rather uncertain about her fighting abilities. Even though she, like myself, may be able to fight off an assailant, there is that fear or uncertainty of one's fighting abilities. One of the most important lessons I learned in martial arts is to never fight unless one is sure they can win, and to never get overconfident. Tria is more likely using her common sense when it comes to fighting. Mr. Threehorn, on the other hand, does not seem to live up to that lesson :rolleyes:. Then again, he is needed to help defend the valley against invaders. Well, I'd better end this post before I "talk" everyone's ears off :bang. In any case, I do love Tria's personality, and she is a good sort to have around(especially for Cera, who will need a female mentor soon ;)).
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The scene at the end of the 11th movie may have happened before 12, or during or after it. It is hard to say. They would not put it in another movie since folks who saw that and didn't see 11 would wonder what was going on, and those who knew would ask, why didn't they just put the scene in 11, since it shows the end of one of the plots of 11.
As for her being alone her parents may have died and instead of wondering alone, which she may have done, she may have also been traveling with some far walking herd and decided to stay in the Great Valley when she saw how great it was and how she may not have liked traveling around and with no sharpteeth in the great valley would be a huge plus.
She likely had a more normal sort of life some would say, instead of pushing around fallen trees and other things that mr threehorn is seen doing, also not to mention her being female and he a male. With Cera helping her dad, I would guess when she is Tria's age she'll be stronger then Tria is now, though not as strong as a brother of her same age would be, if she had one.
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I noticed something about Tria; she's the only female mother-type character who is shown to need protection. Petrie and Ducky's mothers have survived all sorts of things without having any mate present... then again, Petrie's mother can fly away if there is danger, and Ducky's mother could head for the water and swim to safety. I suppose Tria, who lacks wings or webbed feet could not escape danger so easily...
The only other female in the series who probably needed protection from a mate was Littlefoot's mother; had Bron been there, she would likely have not been killed by that Tyrannosaurus. In either case, such an event is unlikely to happen to Tria as long as Tops is around...
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Yes, I assume Tria came to the great valley with some herd of far walkers who we didn't see arrive since it wasn't part of the plot, and makes for less to animate too.
As for Ducky, I assume her father is around. He's been in some cameo shots, but isn't drawn much maybe to cut down on animating characters. I also assume they keep in grandma longneck since that would mean littlefoot lost 2 parental figures instead of 1.
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Good point; Littlefoot's grandmother also seems to need protection from predators; Littlefoot's grandfather even says that his wife (mate?) was not as strong as she once was, and that if he should die, that in order for them to be protected, they would have to have gone with Ali's herd... of course, he lived... and it was implied that Littlefoot's grandmother needed protection due to her age more than anything else...
...which is not the case for Tria, who needs protection because she is a female and thus has a weaker body (and smaller horns than the males, as we can see.) Yes, I know, we've beaten this point to death... Tops must be like three times as strong as Tria is; he can throw a raptor of the same size farther with his head alone than Tria can with her entire body ramming it...
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I find her very motherly and protective.
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That she is... which makes sense, as she has a daughter and a step-daughter...
EDIT: Yes, Tria is in many ways to opposite, and thus, the complement of Tops... Tria may be more pleasant to be around when things are peaceful, but when there's danger, it is generally better to be around Tops. Tria would be more in place in times of peace and safety; she seems to want to relax and make everyone feel good... this way of living is considerably less important during times of danger, in which one would need strictness and austerity, which Tops has in abundance... In more ways than one, he DOES give her the little protective "bubble" for her to relax in; had she tried to relax in that mud pool during a predator attack, she would be in serious trouble very quickly...
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And as for how the children don't know about the "birds and the bees", well... it is easy to imagine the adults going to a cave at night to "do it"...
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The kids may very well already know about the birds and the bees, it just hasn't been shown in the films, for obvious reasons.
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To make a long review short:
Tria isn't one of my favorite characters; But I gotta tell you guys, I think it's great to finally see someone ordering Topsy around. :lol
Tria doesn't boss Topsy around; the closest thing is that she managed to get him to sleep in an area which would make him fall of off a cliff...but this was only done in order to prevent him from crushing their egg... Otherwise, she appears totally submissive to him...
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The kids may very well already know about the birds and the bees, it just hasn't been shown in the films, for obvious reasons.
Usually I would agree and question whether or not LBT dinosaurs share human prudery.
However, there are two scenes which strongly indicate that Littlefoot at least has no ideas about the birds and bees making it unlikely that any of the others does. In LBT 2 we see how embarrassed Littlefoot's grandparent's are when he is asking them about babies and they surely seem to have expected different kinds of questions. In LBT 10 we learn that Littlefoot didn't even know he had a dad (suggesting that he doesn't know it takes two, a male and a female, to have kids). Littlefoot's question to Cera if Tria was to be her new mother in LBT 11 may be interpreted in a similar way.
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They may know that the mother lays the eggs, but they may think the father is just some male close friend of the mother who helps her raise her kids instead of knowing that it takes 2 for the mother to be able to lay eggs that hatch into hatchlings.
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That might be so, but then again, Cera seems to know that she is related to her father, and that he isn't just some guy who was the friend of his mother.
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She did spend some time with her family before she was separated from them so she may have been told some things, as kids are if they ask, or between movies. Likely the same sort of thing a young kid may be told if they ask their father or parents.
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It is also possible that Cera knows that her dad has "somehow" played a part in making Tria lay Tricia's egg. I'm sure that Cera doesn't know about the specifics, however...
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It has come to my attention that I've seemed to be focusing too much on the negative side of Tria's character. These comments have been taken farther and farther by argumentation back and forth. So far, I've done little except depict her as a lazy, soft, weak, helpless hedonistic female. While these things may be true, they do little to detract from the positive qualities the character has.
1. Kindness: At least to those who like/love her, Tria is kind. We have seen her risk herself to save Cera in movie #11, and thought of the children in that second episode when she invited them to the mud pools.
2. Relaxed: While I have focused on the negative side of Tria's relaxation in the mud pools, I will have to admit that there are a few good things about it for her. While I cannot speculate about other factors, I can say that Tria being relaxed is probably good for her blood pressure and circulation, and her muscles are probably more loose and relaxed than many other dinosaurs. A possible justification for her going to the mud pools is that she needs to relax after spending a lot of time looking after Tricia (although no similar behavior has been seen among the other mother dinosaurs who have far more children to look after.)
3. Not totally helpless: While she is still far weaker than Tops, Tria is still an adult Triceratops. Against most smaller creatures she would be a threat.
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Knowing and thinking it is gross is another thing.Littlefoot's grandpa thought littlefoot was too little to think about babies.
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One can also see that Tria seems to focus around the "ethics of caring" while Tops focuses around the "ethics of justice." For him, it is right vs wrong, for her it is feels good vs feels bad.
Anyway, getting back to my previous point; I had mentioned that Tria was relaxed, and that this was one of her positive qualities. While her debauchery has been condemned by me, I could point out a few of the positive things about her relaxed attitude and her penchant for the mud pool (copied from a web site.)
- Calmer nervous system/relaxation/sense of well-being/reduced tension/stress/anxiety
- Prevention of cramps and spasms/softened and relaxed overused muscles/looser muscles
- Improved blood circulation.
- Increased joint flexibility.
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She may live longer then Threehorn since if he keeps the way he is that is not very healthy. Later on he may have high blood pressure, ulcers, ect.
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Well, Tops IS a fair deal older than Tria; it was revealed in movie six that he has grandchildren; Tria just had her first child.
Yes, while Tria is indeed weaker and softer than Tops, she probably has better circulation and stuff... and is more relaxed and pleasant to be around than him...
In a sense, Tops's strength, toughness, and austerity are balanced by Tria's weakness, softness, and hedonism... yes, his strong muscles vs her loose muscles... Tops is good at getting others fired up (movies 3, 5, 7, 8, 11), while Tria is good at calming them down...
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I thought they were around the same age and were childhood friends. Also there is no real evidence that the 2 baby threehorns are his actual grandchildren, they may be, they may also be some threehorn hatchlings that are not related to him that he was taking care of since they were separated from their families, or for some other reason.
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I agree with Kor. Tops may well be older than Tria, but I still suppose him to be closer to the generation of Littlefoot's mother (to which Tria would probably belong as well) than to that of Littlefoot's grandparents. Dinah and Dana were never beyond doubt revealed to be really related by blood to Cera and Tops (while the absence of actual parents and the different outward appearance (three horns), as well as their unexplained disappearing may all suggest them to be "temporarily adopted". There may well be differences in the age at which dinosaurs of different species may get children as well as in the number of children (excepting the tinysauruses we have yet to see a longneck with a sibling while Cera, Petrie, and Ducky all had siblings).
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That may be so, but then again, Cera refers to Dana and Dinah as her family ("the things I do for family") in movie six.
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That could be since her dad had adopted them. And may have done so as their 'grandfather' in case their parents did turn up they would make less of a fuss and may not mind their kids calling someone grandfather. But if their kids were calling someone else dad the parents may get pretty upset, that is if they are not really related. One telling thing is Cera & her siblings in the first movie had just 1 horn, the very young threehorns in the early sequels (I think) may have had just 1 horn, Tricia has just 1 horn, but the twins had all 3 of their horns, though very small.
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Yes, that's another issue; we notice physical differences between Cera and Tops on one hand, and Tria and Tricia on another. Have you noticed that Cera and Tops have four toes each, while Tria and Tricia only have three? Another difference; Tops and Cera are probably colored somewhat more realistically, at least, Cera is not being colored pink because she is female (unlike Tria, Tricia, Ruby, Sue, Ruby's mother, and that Pink female "yellow-belly" from the 13th movie.)
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That is partially since if what I read is correct, Cera was meant to be a male until George Lucas suggested she be made female instead. As for number of toes the animators likely are not paying much attention to continuity.
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There's also another possibility. Technically, Triceratops was not a single species, but a genus comprised of two species; Triceratops Horridus and Triceratops Prorsus. Perhaps Tria is of the latter of the two...
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You all ever noticed that most of the episodes including LBT Movie 13 Tria never had her daughter around. :huh: Besides the episodes "the Shiny Canyon" and "the Log Running Game" the animators hardly showed tricia next to or with her mother. Doesn't that feel a little weird to you guys?
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Why spend time animating a character that isn't neccasarry? I love Tricia, its hard not to love that cute little thing, but they have to keep episodes cost effective. Thats the best reason I can think of for Tria appearing without Tricia.
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Yes, That is likely the main reason she appears so little.
Also perhaps the reason Tria is shown laying down a times. It is easier to animate a char how is not moving around but laying down with just her head moving. Likely the same reason Tria usually is drawn with less toes then Cera.
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Thats understandable. Although i'm not saying tricia is a necessary character. All I'm saying is that back in prehistoric time where ever the mother goes the child tends to follow. Simply saying is that the Parental Life of LBT should be a bit more realistic even though tricia is not really an important character just seeing her with her mother or father shows how responsible dinosaur parents can really be.
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True, but since when was LBT realistic? We are talking about talking dinosaurs here.
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True, but since when was LBT realistic? We are talking about talking dinosaurs here.
:lol I know that already and I love its Fiction environment. but you got to real in some parts.
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It does have some reality. For example, the three horns have three horns! And the long necks have really long necks, the spike tails have spikes on their tails, the flyers can fly and the big mouths..... well, I guess their mouths are kinda big....
I know, I know, the science is mind blowing!
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I know, I know, the science is mind blowing!
No need to hurt your head about it.
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Heh. The science of a pink dinosaur... that sounds funny. The only "science" there is an attempt by the artists to positively identify the character as female, as it can be hard to tell otherwise with certain animals...
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Well, recently I've watched Invasion of the Tinysaurs. I've decided to put her on my Top 10 favorite list.
First off, her frill is awesome. It makes me think of something, but I don't know what. Soccer mom?
I've also put her among characters I'd want for neighbors (Queen Uberta from "The Swan Princess" being among them :lol .) She certainly doesn't seem like a typical step-mom to me and seems to want to get to know Cera until a certain little distraction came a long.
I guess one of the reasons I like Tria is that she's Topsy's polar opposite and seems much more willing to accept other species that seem a little "unordinary", like the Little Longnecks. She seems like someone who'd be willing to make 'clean slates' with people. I honestly think that she'd try to befriend Pterano if/when he comes back. Gossiping in the Mud Pools a'hoy :wow !
And I just LOVED the scene where she was fighting the Fast Biters. I was like "GO TRIA!!!" Nice to see her flip side for a few minutes. Especially since she didn't seem very much like a vulnerable female to me.
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Her frill is a bit odd, as if it were more decorative than defensive. The napeshield of the Triceratops was there to protect the back of the neck from being attacked. Since Tria's seems to point upwards more than back in most shots (and her appearance has been far from consistent, thank you very much, animators), it seems to be more for show than for her own protection.
Also missed by many is that she is a pink female dinosaur. While this may make it easier to distinguish between male and female, doing this has been totally unnecessary for most of the female characters. Littlefoot's mother, Dil, Ducky's mom, and Petrie's mom are just some of the characters which need no pink shade to mark them as feminine. Also, Tria seems to have some sort of a "mask" on her face, a white series of markings near her eyes. That alone would have made her look different from her mate, even if her shading was not too dissimilar to his (keeping in mind that Littlefoot's grandparents have similar shades, as do Littlefoot and Ali.)
One thing is for certain though; she is not at all like her mate. Perhaps she is "too opposite", in that Topsy is overtly masculine and Tria is stereotypically feminine (and yes, that includes the gender-shared duty of fighting to defend the children as much as it means the female enjoys relaxing in warm mud). Let's be glad they don't have nail polish and makeup back in her day, lest we have a "big-lipped crocodile" (alligator?) moment. Her "mask" almost looks like makeup, in my opinion, as if someone had painted her pink face around the eyes. Nevertheless, it is refreshing to see a female Triceratops who is not a tomboy. XD
EDIT: How vulnerable could a several-ton dinosaur be? She's not nearly as strong as her mate, but even if she were totally out of shape, she could easily overpower a human. I find it interesting how she only knocked a raptor back a short distance using her whole force, but Topsy could send one literally flying using only his head. And she tells him that she "loves it when he acts all brave." That part is not really bad, though. I see nothing wrong with a female being attracted to a strong/brave male, especially one who comes to her rescue. She probably couldn't beat that raptor; Tria said she could "maybe" handle it, and had a very nervous expression, but Topsy showed up to save her and the rest, before the other residents arrived to drive them out.
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I really like her! She's smart, cute (for a triceratops!), sweet, and awesome! I love that beautiful dark pink color she is...just gorgeous. I remember the first time I saw her was one day when my sister and I were watching tv and the shiny stones episode was on...and my sister was like, "Hold on! I knew she had a dad...I didn't know she had a mom!" Anyways, about that: Cera should really have been more accepting; I mean, sure, it's hard to adjust to Dad's new girlfriend, or Mom's new boyfriend, after the other parent leaves, but does Cera ever seem to miss her mom that much? And, for a stepmom, Tria is the best. I've got one problem with her, though---or rather, the way some people think about her.
From the wiki:
She is kind, loving and brave, though her character may seem rather false and unconvincing at first.
What the hell? I liked her from the get-go! Sure, she may have participated in Topps' witchunt, but so did everyone except the grandparents at first, including the kids, and once she saw how cute and harmless they were she immediately was at their defense. Anyways, I really like her, though.
By the way...why during Flip Flap fly is she awake but then seconds later is shown waking up noticing Tricia is gone? (They really should have given Tricia a different name...leads to too much confusion between her and Tria.)
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Unless you have a stepparent or have ever come close to having a stepparent, you will have no idea how hard it is to accept them. Cera acted in a very normal manner in my opinion. My folks split when I was six, and then my father for many years was seeing his high school sweetheart without us knowing while trying to tear our family apart. Well, not only did he marry the broad without ever telling his kids, but she has disrepected my mother by listing herself as our mother. I have never met and never intend to meet the *censored*, and I will never consider her a family member.
As for Cera missing her mother, keep in mind that Cera does internalize a lot. Like me, she hates to show weakness no matter what while around others. I did notice in the film, though, that she seemed to be in a more depressed mood from the time she met Tria until they started getting along. I mean, not only had she lost her mother, but she probably felt the only family she had left (her father) was in a way being taken away from her and she felt her relationship with him was threatened. I adore Tria and wish I had that kind of step relationship, but you've gotta walk a mile in the kid's shoes before understanding that it does indeed take time to accept a new person that could become part of your family structure ;).
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I adore Tria and wish I had that kind of step relationship, but you've gotta walk a mile in the kid's shoes before understanding that it does indeed take time to accept a new person that could become part of your family structure .
Agreed. But what about her mom? Do we know for a fact that she's dead?